Shipping-crate.



No. 746,075. v

PATE-NTED'DEG. 8, 1903. G. E. HALLARN. SHIPPING CRATE.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 190s.

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UFNIT ED f STATES i lPatented December 8, 1903.v Y

GEORGE HALLAEON, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIPPING-CRATE.

SPECIFIC-ATIONformng part of Letters Patent. N o. 746,075, dated :Decenttbeil` 8, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HALLARON, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of (lhicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping- Crates, of which the following is a specication. The main objects of my invention are to provide an inexpensive and improved form of vcrate for the protection of sheet-metal cans or caddies'during 'the shipment of same, to provide in such crates top and bottom parts which may be readily adjusted to suit cans of varying heights, and to provide simple means for securing and sealing said top and bottom parts in any of their various vertical positions. I accomplish these objects by the device shownin the accompanying drawings,

in whichp Figure 1 isa top planof a shipping-crate constructed according toV my invention. Fig.

2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on the line 2 2`of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 isan end elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. I

In the form shown the framework of the craie consists of four upright. corner-bars A5, secured together by means of a plurality'of horizontal slats, as shown. The top and bottom of the frame are closed by means of removable end pieces 6 and 7. Both at the top and bottom'of the crate blocks` 8 and V9A are respectively secured to'opposite walls of the frame near their ends, and metal strips 10 and 11 are secured across said'ends atthe top and Vbottom of the crate. The blocks 8 and 9 fit between the corner-bars 5 and are provided with a plurality of recesses 12, which are disposed in parallel relation to each other and to the adjacent end of the crate.. The blocks 8 are considerably narrower than the blocks 9, so as to leave a groove 14 between them and the strip of metal l0. The liars 10 are recessed at 13 to form a contracted opening extending from the groove 14 to the open end of the crate.

To secure the end pieces 6 and 7 in posi-j tion,"one end of the piece 6 is placed in one of the grooves 12, while its other end is passed into the contracted opening 13 and seated into'the groove 14. The piece 6 is then pushed Application led September, 1903. Serial No. 172,338. (No model.)

sidewise along the grooves 14 and 12 until it abuts against the side bars 5 at the inner end of said grooves. The end piece 7 is similarly inserted and moved inward against the piece 6 and .under part of the bar 10.l The bar'7 is then secured in position by means of a cord or wire 15, which is knotted and passed through a hole 16 in ythe end piece 7, then under the slat 17 and around a pin or clam-p 19 at the top of the slat 17. The slat 17 is preferably grooved at 18 on its underside to y receive the cord or wire 15. A seal 20 is then secured across the joint between the end pieces 6 and 7, so that same cannot be removed without breaking the. s`e al 20. The

construction is alike at both ends ofthe crate.

In the crate shown4 one of the uprights 5 is recessed at 21 at each end of the crate in order toV permit the end pieces 6 'and 7 to be Apassed into and out of the opening 13.

the form shown the clamp, 19 consists of a disk fastened down by a screw or nail, and the cord 15 is fastened by pressing it under the disk and winding it around the screw, so as to'jam it. The end pieces 6 and 7 are beveled to about one-half their thickness at both ends of one face of same, as shown, thus providing .for an adjustment equal toy one-half the thickness of such end pieces by merely for varying heights of cans,since both top and bottom pieces may be adjusted vertically.

It will be seen that some of the details ofthe construction shown may be altered without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore donot confine myself to such details except as hereinafter limi-ted in the claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is 1. A shipping-crate, comprising a frame having one of its sidel walls near one end provided with a groove on its inner side extending parallel With said end and having a contracted opening extending from said groove toward said end, and having in the in ner side of the Wall opposite said first wall a plurality of recesses disposed in parallel relation to each other and to the end of said Wall; an end piece adapted to have one end thereof seated in any of the recesses in said opposite Wall While its other end is seated in the groove in said first Wall, said other end being adapted to enter said contracted openingand be moved laterally into the groove in said rst Wall; and means for securing said end piece in engagement with said groove and recess, substantially as described.

2. A shipping-crate, comprising a frame having one of its side walls near one end provided With a groove on its inner side extending parallel with said end and having a contracted opening extending from said' groove toward said end, and having in the inner side of the wall opposite said rst Wall a plurality of recesses disposed in parallel relation to each other and to the end of said wall; a plurality of end pieces each adapted to have one end thereof seated in any of the recesses While its other end is seated in said groove, said other end of each of said pieces being adapted to enter said contracted opening and be moved laterally into the groove; and means for securing Within said groove the end piece nearest said contracted opening and thereby securing all of said end pieces, substantially as described.

3. A shipping-crate, comprising a frame having one of its Walls near one end provided with a groove on its inner side extending parallel with said end and having a contracted opening extending from said groove toward said end, and having in the inner side of the wall opposite said first Wall a recess extending in parallel relation to the end of said Wall; a plurality of end pieces each adapted to have one end thereof seated in said recess while its other end is seated in said groove, said other end of each of said pieces boing adapted to enter said contracted opening and be moved laterally into the groove; and means for securing Within said groove the end piece nearest said contracted opening and thereby securing all of said end pieces, substantially as described.

et. A shipping-crate, comprising a frame having o'ne of its side walls near one end provided with a groove on its inner side extending parallel with said end and having a contracted opening extending from said groove toward said end, and having in the inner side of the Wall opposite said first Wall a plurality ot' recesses disposed in parallel relation to each other to the end of said Wall; a plurality of end pieces each adapted to have one end thereof seated in any of said recesses while its other end is seated in said groove, said other end of each ot' said pieces being adapted to enter said contracted opening and be moved laterally into the groove in said first wall; and means for securing said end pieces together and thereby securing same against removal from said grooves and recesses, substantially as described.

5. A shipping-crate, comprising a frame having one of its side Walls near one end provided With a groove on its inner side extending parallel with said end and having a contracted opening extending from said groove toward said end, and having in the inner side of the wall opposite said lirst wall a plurality of recesses disposed in parallel relation to each other to the end of said Wall; a plurality of end pieces each adapted to have one end thereof seated in any of said recesses while its other end is seated in said groove, said other end of each of said pieces being adapted to enter said contracted opening and be moved laterally into the groove in said first Wall; and a seal adapted to connect said end pieces and prevent their removal from said grooves and recesses Without the breaking of said seal, substantially as described.

6. A shipping-crate comprising a frame open at opposite ends, one of the side Walls near each of said open ends being provided with a groove on its inner side extending 'parallel With such end and having a contracted opening from said groove toward said open end, and having in the inner side of the wall opposite said first wail a plurality of recesses disposed in parallel relation to each other and to the end of said wall; top and bottom pieces each adapted to have one end thereof seated in any ot' said recesses while its other end is seated in one of said grooves, said other end being adapted to enter the contracted openingcoininunicatingwith said groove and to be moved laterally into said groove; and means for securing said top and bottom pieces While same are in engagement with said grooves and recesses, substantially as described.

7. A shipping-crate, comprising a frame having one of its Walls near one end provided With a groove on its inner side extending parallel with said end and having a contracted opening extending from said groove toward said end, and having in the inner side of the Wall opposite said first wall a recess extending in parallel relation to the end of said Wall; an end piece fitting said groove and recess and adapted to have one end passed through said opening and into said groove While its other end is seated in said recess; a cord or Wire secured to said end piece; and a clainp secu red to said frame and adapted to engage said cord or wire and secure said end piece in said groove, substantially as described.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 2d day of September, 1903.

GEORGE E. HALLARON.

Witnesses:

RUDoW RUMMLER, WM. R. RUMMLER.

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